I was traveling for work over the recruiting period, came back the day before the period ended and completely bombed recruiting -- I guess bc it was so late in the period, guys didn't turn green for 3 ac scouts / 2 hc scouts? Usually that's enough to bring an undecided on board, so I thought I could cobble together a last-minute class. But it failed badly here, and I ended up taking 10 sim recruits.
What a nightmare.
I decided not to rage quit (tempted tho I was) and am going to try to dig my way out of it. I redshirted two of the sims and switched all the rest to LB to minimize the chance that they'll get on the field. My main roster is still decent, I just have to work around this one dumpster fire of a class. I'll cut as many as I can in the offseason (I think that's 3?) including the 2 RSs. Then I'll just see if I can be moderately competitive until this class graduates.

Why scout a guy more than once? Seems like an inefficient way to spend recruiting dollars.

Posted by rudyrude9 on 9/29/2025 12:26:00 PM (view original):
Why scout a guy more than once? Seems like an inefficient way to spend recruiting dollars.

You're right.

you are doing the right thing staying and digging your way out of it. you may end up learning more in a setback like this than a season that just goes off without a hitch.

Posted by dodgafan on 9/28/2025 10:34:00 PM (view original):
I was traveling for work over the recruiting period, came back the day before the period ended and completely bombed recruiting -- I guess bc it was so late in the period, guys didn't turn green for 3 ac scouts / 2 hc scouts? Usually that's enough to bring an undecided on board, so I thought I could cobble together a last-minute class. But it failed badly here, and I ended up taking 10 sim recruits.
What a nightmare.
I decided not to rage quit (tempted tho I was) and am going to try to dig my way out of it. I redshirted two of the sims and switched all the rest to LB to minimize the chance that they'll get on the field. My main roster is still decent, I just have to work around this one dumpster fire of a class. I'll cut as many as I can in the offseason (I think that's 3?) including the 2 RSs. Then I'll just see if I can be moderately competitive until this class graduates.

I have so many thoughts that pop as I read your post. I am not an expert but in my opinion you have some fundamental misunderstandings related to this game. In no particular order see blow.

1) 3 ac scouts / 2 hc scouts are completely worthless. Why are you doing this? Please look up the ricemt recruiting guide. You could have likely scouted more, recruited more, and been incredibly happy with your class if the only thing you did was not follow this.

2) I want to help you so shoot me a message with questions - i suck mostly but we can suck together?